粵

底dai2線sin3

simp底线
dai2 sin3dǐ xiàn

English

  1. bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept
  2. (sports) baseline
  3. (sewing) under thread
  4. spy; informer; plant
  5. the minimum acceptable limit
  6. (of sports courts) out-of-bounds line; baseline or sideline

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 可以接受嘅極限(量詞:條)
  2. 球類活動入面,場地上面最前同最後嘅兩條出界線(量詞:條)

Examples

  • 有紅色底線嗰啲字全部都要檢查吓有冇串錯。

    All the words underlined in red should be checked for spelling.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢一球打出咗底線。

    The ball fell beyond the out-of-bounds line.

  • 我已經忍受咗好耐,但係而家已經到咗我嘅底線喇。

    I've struggled on for as long as I can, but now I'm at the end of the line. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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